Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.